Territory in a single trading session. For some, it was even worse than that check out shares of apple down it lost 180 billion in market cap. That is the largest oneday lost for a u. S. Listed company on record if that isnt enough to get your attention. Apple lost more in market cap yesterday than the individual market capitalizations of 470 of the companies in the s p 500 it wasnt just apple microsoft, alphabet, microsoft and even tesla saw their market caps shrink. Microsoft down by 115 billion amazon off by 93 billion. This morning, things look a little better. You still have the dow down 150 points right now, it is reverse that up 300 points the nasdaq saw the biggest declines, up 27 points right now. We have to keep that in context a few things in here as well talking to people all day yesterday, here is the list. Youll want to know exactly what happened it was the nasdaqs largest drop you dont go up 400 and down that will be highspeed trading. That would matter until they do. Va
Index take a look at where japan is. Up almost 2 . Perhaps the data clearing the way for gains in the stock market. At home it is about china. The pmi better than expected but contracting for five months in a row. Activity disrupted by the Lunar New Year holiday. Manufacturing stabilizing at 51. 4. It is about the npc right now. Expectations are so high. Will we see the bazooka that people are expecting . Will we see a policy pivot . What about the gdp target . Yvonne that is probably the single most important thing to watch according to our Bloomberg Economics analyst. Whether the growth target will be maintained at 5 and if that is the case, how will they deliver it . They will have to unleash more policy to reach those targets. Around 5 is what we are watching in terms of language. That is still a consensus. Is this going to spur a turnaround and continue the rally that we see in chinese equities . The npc tends to lift chinese equities. But it is a high bar. And the room for disapp
It seems like investors were bracing for a more hawkish fed. We got a fed that downplayed that the move would be imminently a rate hike. Also the shrinking of the Balance Sheets to ease pressure on money markets. Yet powell also signaled that while keeping the cuts on the table, they might not come so soon, especially given how he sees inflation in the country. Have a listen. In recent months, inflation has shown a lack of further progress toward over 2 objective and we remain highly attentive to inflation risks. Avril lack of progress on inflation, that is the highlight. Thats why perhaps we are not seeing that much convincing moves to the upside. The kospi is down. Nikkei futures pointing to a slight gain when markets return to the lunch break. The focus has really been on the hong kong stocks. Quite a rally. A well beating rally despite the crucial pillar of support today, mainland investors. Of course, china is shot. A lot of the upside we are seeing might be thanks to what investo
Good morning everybody and welcome to the Economic Policy institute. Thanks for joining us today. Delighted to kick off the new hour and important and provocative panel on manufacturing employment. And weve invited susan house mann Vice President to present her manufacturing and employment data. And this debate is not new. In fact, Larry Michelle from the Economic Policy former president and now distinguished fellow raised similar concerns back in 1989. But this debate has raged and it has been an important under ping of policy debates that have to do with trade and automation and how we address issues or concerns around the Manufacturing Sector, the health of the Manufacturing Sector, and what policies might be needed. So im going to introduce the entire panel right now lets susan present her research, and we have carolyn friend to comment. And from university had hoped to join us here today but was presented from weather for traveling. So Larry Michelle will read his prepared remark.
Of you who have received health care through the Affordable Care act exchanges. We want to know what has and has not worked for you. If you are a marketplace enrollee who lives on the eastern or central time zones, 2027488000. If you are a aca marketplace enrollee and you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, 2027488001. You can also chime in on facebook or twitter. Good wednesday morning to you. Some information about the pool of callers we are hoping to speak with in the first hour of washington journal today, there are more than about 10 million of you out in the United States. This chart breaks up the number of aca enrollees by the number of Congressional Districts in the United States. The darker districts on the map mean there are more aca enrollees in the area. There are about 5. 9 million who live in democratic districts across the country. 5. 2 million who live in democratic districts around the country. 5. 9 who live in republican districts around the country. Floridas